Zip Haiku

The first ZIP haiku ever written:

 slowly I search    a field of flowers

 finding nothing      but beauty

-  John E. Carley 1999

First poet to publicly adopt the style:

 autumn walk      without his net

 and now      so many butterflies

-  Owen L. Burkhart 2000

First winner of a Zip kukai (contest):

                   this morning...   the plush peonies

 and your warm breath...   in my hair

-  Marjorie Buettner 2000

Gillena Cox 6.1.14
a steep ascent... to the abbey
rosary prayers... on the bus ride

Q: What is a 'zip'?
 A: A 'zip' is a formal pattern for writing short, Japanese style, verse in English. It is an alternative to the three line - 5/7/5 - pattern.

 The 'zip' has a fixed total of 15 syllables deployed at will over two lines, each line broken by a triple space (caesura). The layout centres on these caesurae.

For more details, see John E. Carley